Mesaba set to launch NextGen CRJ900

Mesaba Airlines will launch the first NextGen CRJ900 into service Thursday. The aircraft features a newly designed cabin interior and lower operating costs, according to Bombardier (ATWOnline, June 4). A Mesaba flightcrew operated a trial flight yesterday at Washington Dulles. First revenue flight for the Northwest Airlines subsidiary will start in Minneapolis/St. Paul and continue to Dallas/Fort Worth, Fargo and Chicago Midway, an NWA spokesperson said. All of NWA's 36 CRJ900 orders will be ...